Court in Kenya Sentences Pastor to 140 years in jail for impregnating his 2 daughters

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A court has sentenced a 51 year old pastor to 140 years in prison in Kenya.

Pastor John Gichira, was sentenced to 140 years in prison for impregnating his two daughters aged 14-year-old and 16-year-old in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga County, Kenya.

Appearing before Senior Principal Magistrates, Anthony Mwicigi of Baricho High Court on Thursday, 14 January, the pastor was slapped with a 70-year-jail term for sexually assaulting each of the girls.

The court ruled that the sentence will run consecutively.

The Magistrate announced that the accused was sentenced to 70 years for each offense and have only 14 days to appeal, the court also orders that his name be added in the register of convicted and dangerous offenders.

By this ruling therefore, Gichira will serve 70 years for each count of defilement; the sentences to run consecutively.

The accused pleaded guilty to charges on 5 January 2021 and was remanded until Thursday.

He however blamed the devil for his offences and asked forgiveness from his children and the court, saying that everybody makes mistakes.

Charges read out to him by the prosecution indicated that the first offense was committed on diverse dates between 1 and 30 June 2020 in Kinyakiiru village, Kirinyaga against his 16-year-old daughter. She is now seven months pregnant.

The second offence was committed around August 2020 against his 14-year old daughter who is six months pregnant. Both are primary school pupils.

He was arrested in Mbeere South in Meru County where he had fled to and posed as a Somalia herder but residents were suspicious of his accent and tipped authorities before he was arrested in the first week of January.

The court was told that the matter was not reported and the accused continued to live in the same compound with the victims.

The matter was later reported to Baricho Police Station by the area chief, prompting the suspect to escape till he was traced and arrested in Mbeere.

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